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H.M.S. Surprise / Patrick O'Brian.
Van Pelt Library PR6029.B55 H57 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--History, Naval--19th century--Fiction.
- Great Britain.
- Naval history.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 379 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Norton, 1991.
- Summary:
- Third in the series of Aubrey-Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet....
- ISBN:
- 0393307611
- OCLC:
- 23824692
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